SCO Short Volume

ProShares - UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil (SCO) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Leveraged industry, with a market capitalization near $57.0M, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of -2.43 to the broader market. ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to two times the inverse (-2x) of the daily performance of the Bloomberg Commodity Balanced WTI Crude Oil Index. public since 2008-11-25.

Short volume measures the number of shares sold short on a given day as reported by FINRA. Tracking short volume relative to total volume helps identify unusual bearish sentiment or short-squeeze potential.

Latest Date
2026-05-15
Short Volume
10.7M
Total Volume
20.4M
Short %
52.32%
30-Day Avg Short %
42.71%

Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for ProShares - UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil.

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Frequently asked SCO short volume questions

What is the daily SCO short volume?
As of May 15, 2026, ProShares - UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil (SCO) short volume is 10.7M shares against 20.4M total reported volume, or 52.32% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
How is SCO short volume reported?
FINRA publishes the Daily Short Sale Volume File for trades reported to FINRA TRFs and the FINRA/Nasdaq ADF on a T+1 basis. The headline figure is the count of shares that printed at the short-sale or short-exempt tick across all reporting venues for the symbol; each exchange separately publishes its own daily short-sale data file.
What does SCO short volume tell options traders?
Daily short-sale flow is one input that helps disambiguate dealer-hedging activity from directional bear flow when the chain shows fresh customer call inventory. It is not a clean MM-only proxy: the headline number mixes directional shorting, options-MM delta-hedging, ETF-creation arbitrage, and convertible-arb hedging. Cross-check against gamma-exposure and OI changes for a cleaner read.